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The strangest creature you'll ever find: Two eyes in front and many many more behind.
It can be white or blue or black, Humped or have a horn. And when it talks it sings its menuets, as it's travelling the depths.
A warrior among the flowers, he bears a thrusting sword. He uses it whenever he must, to defend his golden hoard.
What does a cat have that no other animal has?
Creeping on its belly, curled into a ring. Eyes forever open, beware its lethal sting
What sphinxes employ and players enjoy.